Coming to Terms is a direct and emotionally sincere gay short film built around a young man’s painful telephone conversations with his family. The production is simple, but that simplicity keeps the focus on denial, blame and desperation, allowing the possibility of eventual healing to feel modest rather than sentimental.
Two 25-year-old men meet by chance, fall deeply in love, and are abruptly separated by an unexpected event. For the next thirty years, they hold onto the hope of reuniting.
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Coming to Terms is a direct and emotionally sincere gay short film built around a young man’s painful telephone conversations with his family. The production is simple, but that simplicity keeps the focus on denial, blame and desperation, allowing the possibility of eventual healing to feel modest rather than sentimental.
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